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Vazella pourtalesii (Schmidt, 1870) 
AphiaID: 172121

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Hexactinellida (Class) > Hexasterophora (Subclass) > Lyssacinosida (Order) > Rossellidae (Family) > Rossellinae (Subfamily) > Vazella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Vazella Gray, 1870
Synonymised
taxa		  Holtenia pourtalesii Schmidt, 1870 (genus transfer)
 Holtenia saccus Schmidt, 1870 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Tabachnick, K. 2002. Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. Pp. 1441-1505. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Floridian [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
United States part of the Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
Image 
Porifera
Porifera
added on 2011-02-10 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172121
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-03-12 19:15:17Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2012-01-16 15:48:56Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Vazella pourtalesii (Schmidt, 1870). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172121 on 2013-05-19
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